In my experience, there are birders, birders who take photos of birds, and photographers. The latter are all about the photo. Backlit? No problem. I'll just crawl over this fence and go into the backyard so I can get the perfect shot. Bird sitting on inner branches? No problem. I'll just crawl up under the overhanging branches to get an open view. Private property? No problem. I'll only be in their yard for a few minutes.
I have seen this everywhere. Cutting in front of shorter folks for a better angle. Driving on fragile habitat to get as close as possible. Admittedly, this should not be an indictment of all photographers, amateur or professional. But we all see enough of this that we must (and often do) speak up. Mel Goff Colorado Springs, El Paso county > On 03/03/2022 11:42 AM DAVID A LEATHERMAN <daleather...@msn.com> wrote: > > > It has come to my attention that photographers, some of whom may be > birders, are causing a problem west of Lyons in their lust for a pygmy-owl. > At the risk of pissing some of you off, and causing even more people to seek > this bird by publicizing it, I ask for restraint. The person who called me > is not a birder but a guy I used to work with who knows I am into birds. He > owns property bordering Route 7 w of town where he says 16 cars full of > loud-talking people pointing big cameras, rutting the right-of-way that he > maintains are back again today, the way they have been in numbers for days > (weeks?). He is upset and I don't blame him. He says that whoever these > people are, they don't really care about the bird, that they act very > entitled, that this is all just about getting the photo and social. In short > these sorts of situations give birders a black eye and they are becoming more > commonplace. If anyone reading this knows about the situation first hand, > has been there, has a comment or rebuttal I can pass on to my friend, I am > all ears. My friend hasn't called the sheriff yet but is about to and it > makes me sad to think "we" might have caused a reasonable person with deep > sentiments for conservation and the natural world to be so upset. > > Dave Leatherman > Fort Collins > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. > Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > mailto:cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com . > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3763B23362D6A73BC1ACFFF5C1049%40CY4PR0601MB3763.namprd06.prod.outlook.com > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CY4PR0601MB3763B23362D6A73BC1ACFFF5C1049%40CY4PR0601MB3763.namprd06.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/1296984272.1119387.1646337305409%40connect.xfinity.com.
